>> The single host/box had bomb making info and hit lists. Yeah, I'd
>> shut it down too if it was on my network.
>>
>> Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
>
> As would any reasonable operator.Or maybe it would have been better to not destroy a known source, and
work with the FBI to maximize its value.Cutting it off like that was short-sighted and stupid.
-j
(Fixing the subject line - sorry about that...)
It sounds like the letter from the FBI to Burst.net specifically allowed for that possibility.
"In the FBI's letter, the agency included a clause that says Web hosts and Internet service providers may voluntarily elect to shut down the sites of customers involved in these kinds of situations."
Nathan Eisenberg, Atlas Networks